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Why Your Parents Are Hung-Up on Your Phone and What To Do About It
by Dean Burnett'Dean Burnett is the first old person who understands phones' Eleven-year-old Dermot, quoted in The Times'A wonderfully useful book, told with Dean Burnett's trademark wit and wisdom' - Adam Kay on Why Your Parents Are Driving You up the Wall“Can you get off your phone/ PS5/ Xbox!? NOW!” - Your parents (probably)I bet that you and your parents argue about phones.Maybe you want one, but your parents don’t agree? Or maybe you do have a phone, but your parents think you use it too much. Or even make you leave it downstairs at night when you want to scroll before sleep.Either way, the result is: arguments. Between you and your parents. About phones.Meet brain scientist and bestselling author Dean Burnett. He’ll show you why your parents are sometimes wrong about phones (and why, annoyingly, they can be a bit right), how you can both understand them a bit better and how you can stop arguing about them. You’ll learn about:Why turning off TikTok can be so hardHow video games can change your brain for the betterHow Snapchat can make us sad (and lots of other complicated feelings)Because screens can be a good thing. And a bad thing. But they’re definitely not worth getting hung up about.
Why: A Guide to Finding and Using Causes
by Samantha KleinbergCan drinking coffee help people live longer? What makes a stock’s price go up? Why did you get the flu? Causal questions like these arise on a regular basis, but most people likely have not thought deeply about how to answer them.This book helps you think about causality in a structured way: What is a cause, what are causes good for, and what is compelling evidence of causality? Author Samantha Kleinberg shows you how to develop a set of tools for thinking more critically about causes. You’ll learn how to question claims, identify causes, make decisions based on causal information, and verify causes through further tests.Whether it’s figuring out what data you need, or understanding that the way you collect and prepare data affects the conclusions you can draw from it, Why will help you sharpen your causal inference skills.
Wi-Fi 7: Principles, Technology, and Applications
by Gang Cheng Zhihong Qian Yiming Jiang Zhijie Yang Thirumurthy RajamanickamThis Wi-Fi 7 technology book serves as an essential and comprehensive professional reference for the academics and industry professionals, covering the entire Wi-Fi series across various generations. It offers a primary focus on the latest advancements in industrial Wi-Fi 7 principles and specifications. Additionally, the book provides valuable insights into innovative strategies for Wi-Fi 7 product development strategies, testing methodologies, and diverse applications across industrial and home environments. It serves as a practical resource for those planning to adopt Wi-Fi 7 technology in the design and development processes. By reading this book, you will not only gain insights into the state-of-the-art of Wi-Fi 7 technology, but also develop a deep understanding of the origins, the process of developing Wi-Fi 7 products, various applications and solutions where Wi-Fi 7 can be utilized, and the current state of the industry in relation to Wi-Fi 7 technology compared to the other wireless technologies. Each section of this book follows a systematic approach, beginning with an introduction to the technology concept and offering numerous concrete examples for illustration purpose. Abundant diagrams and pictures have been included in the book’s design to facilitate clear and quick comprehension of the topics for readers.
Wi-Fi Enabled Healthcare
by Ali Youssef Douglas McDonald II Jon Linton Bob Zemke Aaron EarleFocusing on the recent proliferation of Wi-Fi in hospital systems, this book explains how Wi-Fi is transforming clinical work flows and infusing new life into the types of mobile devices being implemented in hospitals. Drawing on years of consulting with hospitals in the US and abroad, and with first-hand experiences from one of the largest healthcare systems in the United States, it covers the key areas associated with wireless network design, security, and support. Reporting on cutting-edge developments and emerging standards in Wi-Fi technologies, the book explores security implications for each device type. It covers real-time location services and emerging trends in cloud-based wireless architecture.
WiFi signal-based user authentication (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science)
by Jiadi Yu Linghe Kong Hao KongAs a privacy-preserving and illumination-robust manner, WiFi signal-based user authentication has become a new direction for ubiquitous user authentication to protect user privacy and security. It gradually turns into an important option for addressing the security concern of IoT environment. However, due to the limited sensing capability of WiFi signals and wide application scenarios, WiFi signal-based user authentication suffers from practical issues of diversified behaviors and complex scenarios. Therefore, it is necessary to address the issues and build integrated systems for user authentication using WiFi signals. In this book, the development and progress of WiFi signal-based user authentication systems in extensive scenarios are presented, which provides a new direction and solution for ubiquitous security and privacy protection. This book gives strong motivation of leveraging WiFi signals to sense human activities for user authentication, and presents the key issues of WiFi-based user authentication in diversified behaviors and complex scenarios. This book provides the approaches for digging WiFi signals to sense human activities and extract features, realizing user authentication under fine-grained finger gestures, undefined body gestures, and multi-user scenarios. State-of-the-art researches and future directions involved with WiFi signal-based user authentication are presented and discussed as well. This book will benefit researchers and practitioners in the related field.
WiMAX Modeling: Techniques and Applications
by Rohit M. Thanki Komal R. Borisagar Bhavin S. SedaniThis book provides information about wireless systems and WIMAX modeling. The authors provide various techniques for the WiMAX systems such as antenna diversity and Alamouti coding. The performance of these systems is tested using various types of data and the results of systems are presented and discussed. Additional topics include WiMAX simulation using diversity techniques and real time WiMAX system modeling. The book pertains to researchers, academics, students, and professionals.Provides information about wireless system modeling and WiMAX systems;Presents WiMAX system modeling using antenna diversity techniques and the Alamouti coding scheme;Includes real time WiMAX system modeling for speech signal and digital images.
WiMAX Network Planning and Optimization (Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications)
by Yan ZhangThis book offers a comprehensive explanation on how to dimension, plan, and optimize WiMAX networks. The first part of the text introduces WiMAX networks architecture, physical layer, standard, protocols, security mechanisms, and highly related radio access technologies. It covers system framework, topology, capacity, mobility management, handoff m
WiMAX/MobileFi: Advanced Research and Technology
by Yang XiaoWiMAX is bringing about a worldwide revolution in broadband wireless access, including both fixed and mobile handsets. The IEEE 802.16 working group standardized most aspects of WiMAX signaling messages. However, several algorithms were left unspecified opening the door for innovations in protocol engineering for 802.16/802.20-based broadband wirel
WiMAX: A Wireless Technology Revolution
by G. Radhamani G.S.V. Radha RaoExamining the technology's global development and deployment activities, WiMAX: A Wireless Technology Revolution presents its unique features and evaluates its revolutionary approach. The book covers the mission, product, and services of WiMAX, as well as specific features such as security and mobility. It discusses the implementation of the IEEE 802.16 standard and also explores how WiMax stacks up to 3G and 4G and the economic and opportunity costs. This reference also analyzes the future prospects of WiMAX and its contribution to the wireless and mobile communication technology field. It is a must-have resource for those who are either intrigued or involved with this standards-based technology.
WiMAX: Taking Wireless to the MAX (Informa Telecoms & Media)
by Deepak PareekWith market value expected to reach $5 billion by 2007 and the endorsement of some of the biggest names in telecommunications, World Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) is poised to change the broadband wireless landscape. But how much of WiMAX's touted potential is merely hype? Now that several pre-WiMAX networks have been deployed, what
WiX 3.6: A Developer's Guide to Windows Installer XML
by Nick RamirezA step-by-step tutorial with plenty of code and examples to improve your learning curve. If you are a developer and want to create installers for software targeting the Windows platform, then this book is for you. You'll be using plenty of XML and ought to know the basics of writing a well-formed document. No prior experience in WiX or Windows Installer is assumed. You should know your way around Visual Studio to compile projects, add project references and tweak project properties.
WiX Cookbook
by Nick RamirezIf you are a developer with a good understanding of WiX projects and would like to further explore advanced WiX topics, this book is for you. To get the most out of this book, knowledge of proper XML syntax is recommended.
WiX: A Developer's Guide to Windows Installer XML
by Nick RamirezA practical guide, this book provides step-by-step instructions for building your installer, showcasing real-world examples throughout. Its purpose is to get the professional developer building installers in no time without getting bogged down in theory. Numerous references to additional resources are provided so that curious readers can supplement the knowledge they gain here with additional details. If you are a developer and want to create installers for software targeting the Windows platform, then this book is for you. You'll be using a lot of XML so that you get accustomed to the basics of writing well-formed documents, using XML namespaces and the dos and don'ts of structuring elements and attributes. You should know your way around Visual Studio, at least enough to compile projects, add project references, and tweak project properties. No prior knowledge of Windows Installer or WiX is assumed.
Wicked Cool Java
by Brian D. EubanksWicked Cool Java contains 101 fun, interesting, and useful ways to get more out of Java. This isn't intended as a Java tutorial--it's targeted at developers and system architects who have some basic Java knowledge but may not be familiar with the wide range of libraries available. Full of example code and ideas for combining them in useful projects, this book is perfect for hobbyists, and professionals will find tips and open-source projects to enhance their code and make their jobs easier. Topics include converting a non-XML text structure into XML using a parser generator, experimenting with a Java simulator for the Cell Matrix, creating dynamic music and sound in Java, working with open-source class libraries for scientific and mathematical applications, and many more.
Wicked Cool Ruby Scripts: Useful Scripts that Solve Difficult Problems
by Steve PughAre you spending valuable time on work a well-trained monkey could do? If so, Wicked Cool Ruby Scripts will teach you how to automate repetitive tasks using Ruby, one of the most powerful and easy-to-use programming languages around.Wicked Cool Ruby Scripts provides 58 scripts that offer quick solutions to problems like system administration, manipulating images, and managing a website. After getting your feet wet creating simple scripts to automate tasks like file compression and decompression, you’ll learn how to create powerful web crawlers, security scripts, and full-fledged libraries and applications, as well as how to:–Rename files, disable processes, change permissions, and modify users–Manipulate strings, encrypt files, and sort efficiently–Validate web links, check for orphan files, and generate forms–Mass edit photos, extract image information, and create thumbnails–Parse CSV files and scrape links, images, and pages from the WebAnd as a nod to our security friends, you’ll even learn how to use Ruby to write Metasploit exploits.For each script you get the code, a discussion of how it works, and tips on how to customize it to solve real-world problems. By the time you’re finished, we think you’ll agree that Ruby is a wicked cool way to get things done.
Wicked Cool Shell Scripts, 2nd Edition: 101 Scripts for Linux, OS X, and UNIX Systems
by Dave Taylor Brandon PerryShell scripts are an efficient way to interact with your machine and manage your files and system operations. With just a few lines of code, your computer will do exactly what you want it to do. But you can also use shell scripts for many other essential (and not-so-essential) tasks.This second edition of Wicked Cool Shell Scripts offers a collection of useful, customizable, and fun shell scripts for solving common problems and personalizing your computing environment. Each chapter contains ready-to-use scripts and explanations of how they work, why you&’d want to use them, and suggestions for changing and expanding them. You'll find a mix of classic favorites, like a disk backup utility that keeps your files safe when your system crashes, a password manager, a weather tracker, and several games, as well as 23 brand-new scripts, including:– ZIP code lookup tool that reports the city and state – Bitcoin address information retriever – suite of tools for working with cloud services like Dropbox and iCloud – for renaming and applying commands to files in bulk – processing and editing toolsWhether you want to save time managing your system or just find new ways to goof off, these scripts are wicked cool!
Wicked Torture: A dramatically passionate love story
by J. KennerFrom J. Kenner, the New York Times and No. 1 international bestselling author of the million-copy selling Stark series, comes Wicked Torture, a new novel set in the seductive Stark world. For fans of Fifty Shades of Grey, Sylvia Day, Meredith Wild and Jodi Ellen Malpas.Outwardly, Noah Carter is riding high as the tech world's hottest new genius. Inside, he's still reeling from the abduction of his wife and baby daughter eight years ago, and then the devastating discovery of his child's body. For years, he kept up hope that his wife was alive, but now that she's been declared legally dead, he's thrown himself even more deeply into his work, cutting himself off from emotional ties because they just hurt too damn much.Then he meets Kiki Porter, an eternal optimist with a killer work ethic and dreams of fronting a band. And everything changes. Even though he tries his damnedest to fight it...Sexually, they are combustible together. But their true fire is emotional, though it is a slow to burn. But once it lights, it is all consuming. The relationship grows emotionally, the sex is hot, things are good.But just when it's looking like they might have a real future together, the past comes back to haunt them. And Noah's going to have to decide what he's willing to give up for love...Spellbinding romance. Electrifying passion. Why not indulge in J. Kenner...
Wicket in Action (In Action Ser.)
by Eelco Hillenius Martijn DashorstThere are dozens of Java frameworks out there, but most of them require you to learn special coding techniques and new, often rigid, patterns of development. Wicket is different. As a component-based Web application framework, Wicket lets you build maintainable enterprise-grade web applications using the power of plain old Java objects (POJOs), HTML, Ajax, Spring, Hibernate and Maven. Wicket automatically manages state at the component level, which means no more awkward HTTPSession objects. Its elegant programming model enables you to write rich web applications quickly.Wicket in Action is an authoritative, comprehensive guide for Java developers building Wicket-based Web applications. This book starts with an introduction to Wicket's structure and components, and moves quickly into examples of Wicket at work. Written by two of the project's earliest and most authoritative experts, this book shows you both the "how-to" and the "why" of Wicket. As you move through the book, you'll learn to use and customize Wicket components, how to interact with other technologies like Spring and Hibernate, and how to build rich, Ajax-driven features into your applications. Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book.
Wide Area Power Systems Stability, Protection, and Security (Power Systems)
by Almoataz Y. Abdelaziz Hassan Haes Alhelou Pierluigi SianoThis book proposes new control and protection schemes to improve the overall stability and security of future wide-area power systems. It focuses on the high penetration levels of renewable energy sources and distributed generation, particularly with the trend towards smart grids.The control methods discussed can improve the overall stability in normal and abnormal operation conditions, while the protection methods presented can be used to ensure the secure operation of systems under most severe contingencies.Presenting stability, security, and protection methods for power systems in one concise volume, this book takes the reader on a journey from concepts and fundamentals to the latest and future trends in each topic covered, making it an informative and intriguing read for researchers, graduate students, and practitioners alike.
Wide Area Surveillance
by Vijayan K. AsariThe book describes a system for visual surveillance using intelligent cameras. The camera uses robust techniques for detecting and tracking moving objects. The real time capture of the objects is then stored in the database. The tracking data stored in the database is analysed to study the camera view, detect and track objects, and study object behavior. These set of models provide a robust framework for coordinating the tracking of objects between overlapping and non-overlapping cameras, and recording the activity of objects detected by the system.
Wideband, Multiband, and Smart Antenna Systems (Signals and Communication Technology)
by Mohammad Abdul MatinThis book provides current R&D trends and novel approaches in design and analysis of broadband, multiband, and smart antennas for 5G and B5G mobile and wireless applications, as well as the identification of integration techniques of these antennas in a diverse range of devices. The book presents theoretical and experimental approaches to help the reader in understanding the unique design issues and more advanced research. Moreover, the book includes chapters on the fundamentals of antenna theory. The book is pertinent to professionals and researchers working in the field of antenna engineering; it is written for graduate students, researchers, academics, and industry practitioners who want to improve their understanding in the current research trends in design analysis of broadband, multiband, and smart antennas for wireless applications.
Wie Maschinen lernen: Künstliche Intelligenz verständlich erklärt
by Kristian Kersting Christoph Lampert Constantin RothkopfKünstliche Intelligenz und Maschinelles Lernen: Erweitern Sie Ihr Fachwissen mit diesem Sachbuch Was verbirgt sich überhaupt hinter Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) und Maschinellem Lernen (ML)? Dieses Sachbuch liefert verständliche Antworten. ML und KI spielen im Zuge von Industrie 4.0 und der Digitalisierung eine immer größere Rolle. Ganz ohne komplexe mathematische Formeln bringt Ihnen dieses Sachbuch die grundlegenden Methoden, Anwendungen und Vorgehensweisen des Maschinellen Lernens und der Künstlichen Intelligenz näher. Lisa, die Protagonistin in diesem Buch, illustriert alle Themen anhand von Alltagssituationen. Dadurch erschließt sich Ihnen das Fachwissen, das bisher nur Experten vorbehalten war, einfach und leicht verständlich. Mit diesem Buch eignen Sie sich im Handumdrehen neues Wissen an, mit dem Sie innerhalb der Diskussion um Chancen und Risiken aktueller Entwicklungen garantiert punkten können. Eine Einführung in die Prinzipien von KI und ML Dieses Sachbuch setzt zunächst bei den Grundlagen der Künstlichen Intelligenz und des Maschinellen Lernens an. Hier werden u. a. folgende Fragen geklärt:Was sind Daten?Was sind Algorithmen?Was ist mit Regression gemeint?Wozu dienen Clusteranalysen?Schwerpunktmäßig beschäftigt sich dieses Werk mit Bedeutung und Funktionsweise wichtiger Algorithmen des Maschinellen Lernens. Aufgeteilt in einzelne Kapitel, tauchen Sie so mit Hilfe vieler Abbildungen Schritt für Schritt tiefer in die Materie ein. Zudem bringen Ihnen die Autoren u. a. folgende Verfahren und Aspekte näher:k-MeansEntscheidungsbäumeVerzerrung-Varianz-DilemmaBig DataNeuronale NetzeDie gesamtgesellschaftliche Bedeutung im BlickDaneben verliert dieses Sachbuch auch die gesellschaftliche Bedeutung von Künstlicher Intelligenz und Maschinellem Lernen nicht aus dem Blick. Lesen Sie mehr über Fragestellungen der Sicherheit und Ethik im Zusammenhang mit Künstlicher Intelligenz. All das macht dieses Werk zu einer Leseempfehlung für:Themeninteressierte, die verstehen möchten, was sich hinter den Schlagworten KI und ML verbirgt Entscheidungsträger aus Politik und WirtschaftSchülerinnen und Schüler, welche die Zukunft mitgestalten wollen
Wie berechenbar ist unsere Welt: Herausforderungen Für Mathematik, Informatik Und Philosophie Im Zeitalter Der Digitalisierung (Essentials)
by Klaus MainzerKlaus Mainzer legt in diesem essential dar, dass die Zukunft von KI und Digitalisierung eine nüchterne Analyse erfordert, die Grundlagenforschung mit Anwendung verbindet. Berechenbarkeits- und Beweistheorie können dazu beitragen, Big Data und Machine Learning sicherer zu bewältigen. Dabei zeigt sich, dass die komplexen Herausforderungen der digitalen und analogen Welt in Grundlagenfragen der Mathematik, Informatik und Philosophie tief verwurzelt sind.
Wie die Künstliche Intelligenz die Wirtschaft verändert: Überblick über die theoretischen Grundlagen und Praxisbeispiele entlang von Ökosystemen
by Christian Hugo Hoffmann Sebastian HersbergerBeiträge von renommierten Expert*innen untersuchen auf verständliche Weise kritisch die Geschichte der Künstlichen Intelligenz (KI), ihre aktuellen und künftigen Fähigkeiten, Einschränkungen sowie ethischen Implikationen und Bedenken. Es handelt sich um ein Buch von Praktizierenden für Praktizierende, gezeichnet von echten Insidermeinungen, die mit einer ausgewogenen Perspektive zu Erfolgen, Hoffnungen, Ängsten und Debatten über KI schreiben. Dieses Buch ist eine großartige Ressource, die langjährige Erfahrung von Branchenkundigen und Branchenführenden beinhaltet. Die Herausgeber widmen sich Anwendungspotenzial und -beispielen mit Fokus auf Relevanz und breite Umsetzbarkeit, entlang der Wertschöpfungskette und sich formender Ökosysteme.
Wie halten Sie Ihre Gabel?: Von mentaler Programmierung zu innerer Freiheit
by Gundolf R. WendeWer mentale Programmierungen erkennt und bei sich ändert, wird innerlich souverän und kann frei und selbst bestimmt gestalten. In der Regel ist uns nicht bewusst, dass sich bereits in frühester Kindheit und Jugend die Art und Weise unseres Denkens und Handelns manifestiert. Daran ändert sich meist während unseres ganzen Lebens recht wenig. Doch was, wenn Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft und Arbeitswelt sich jetzt so schnell und radikal wandeln wie nie zuvor – während wir unbewusst bei alten Programmierungen bleiben? Wir werden innerlich unsicher, agieren zaghaft und unsouverän. Es mangelt uns an mentaler Flexibilität und psychologischer Sicherheit, um den Wandel zu gestalten. Wir sind häufig im Widerstand und klammern uns an Hergebrachtes, ohne wirklich zu begreifen, warum. Wir verstehen die Programme dahinter nicht.Das Buch richtet sich an ein breites Publikum. Es spricht all diejenigen an, die das Gefühl haben, „festzustecken“ und die freier und selbst bestimmter leben möchten. Leistungsorientierte Menschen in verantwortungsvollen Positionen in Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft, Kultur etc., suchen in einer brüchigen, nicht-linearen Welt einen inneren Anker, um mutig und inspiriert Neues gestalten zu können.